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Dozens of people sit on folding chairs in a waiting room; at the back, a portrait of President Kennedy hangs between a U.S. flag and a Cuban flag.

Waiting room of the Cuban Refugee Center in Miami's Freedom Tower, early 1960s. The photo is not precisely dated.

Photo: U.S. Cuban Refugee Program / Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries. Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

Related chapter: The First Exile (1959-1962)

Date: early 1960s
Place: Miami, Florida
License: Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Original: digitalcollections.library.miami.edu